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How correlated are slash failures across different AVS clients?
The correlation of slash failures across different, independently developed AVS clients is a critical metric for network health. In a robust system, this correlation should be very low. A bug in one client (e.g., Client A for an oracle AVS) should not cause slashing in a different, independently developed client (Client B for the same AVS). High correlation here would indicate a fundamental flaw in the AVS's slashing specification or a common misunderstanding among developers. A low correlation is a sign of healthy client diversity, as it localizes failures and prevents a single software bug from becoming a network-wide catastrophe. The ecosystem should actively measure and strive to minimize this cross-client correlation.
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